Luke 10:41,42 “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” All of the battles that rage within our souls can be reduced to one struggle. The Kingdom of heaven is like […]

Whatever happened to those confident, proud words, “I’m going to sing before and all the way through this Red Sea journey! I’m not going to be like the Israelites and panic, only singing praise to God after He has rescued me. No, I am going to sing in the face of danger!” It sounds like […]

15:1 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you […]

From John Calvin (1509-1564) in his Institutes of the Christian Religion: This, therefore, we must try to do if we would be disciples of Christ, in order that our minds may be steeped in such reverence and obedience toward God as to be able to tame and subjugate to his command all contrary affections. Thus […]

3:1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. […]

In church today, my family and I attended Grace Church on the eastside of Des Moines, the guest speaker played the video below from a website called Brave Hearted Gospel at the end. It is a clip from a sermon that K.P. Yohannan, the founder and president of Gospel for Asia gave called “Christ’s Call […]

We have a lot of knowledge at our fingertips. The total amount of information at our disposal doubles every four years. Our world has plenty of knowledge and education, but it doesn’t necessarily bring along wisdom. Shane Vander Hart continuing his series in James at Grace Evangelical Free Church looks what James has to say […]

I have been reading Studies in the Sermon on the Mount by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and ran across this great quote from George Muller, Prussian-born 19th Century evangelist and champion for orphans in Bristol, England. There was a day when I died, utterly died, died to George Muller and his opinions, preferences, tastes and will; […]